ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
The fight between Jews and Arabs over Israel and Palestine goes back to 1922. The Romans had given Palestine its name when they conquered it from the Jews nearly 2,000 years earlier. After the Romans were thrown out Palestine was part of one Arab or other Moslem empire after another since the 7th century. Finally, …
Earlier this month, South Carolina teacher Mary Wood was ordered by school administrators to “cease” teaching about the history of racism after two students complained that the topic offended them. “Students in an advanced placement language arts class at Chapin High School last spring were scheduled to read Between the World and Me, a 2015 memoir by …
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed a bill this week that keeps automakers using dealerships — with one notable exception for Elon Musk’s Tesla. The measure bans car manufacturers from selling directly to consumers in the state and instead requires them to rely on franchised dealerships. Read more
Long a matter of philosophical speculation, the idea of multiple realities has been given new artistic licence by physics (Timothy Andersen) When I was in my mid-30s, I was faced with a difficult decision. It had repercussions for years, and at times the choice I made filled me with regret. I had two job offers. …
A New European Recovery Program (Lawrence H. Summers, Philip Zelikow, and Robert B. Zoellick) As Ukrainians risk their lives battling for national survival, the United States, European countries, and their allies should prepare a counteroffensive of their own against Russian aggression: a massive new European recovery program to begin operation by next year. This counteroffensive …
Global Equality and Its Discontents (Branko Milanovic) We live in an age of inequality—or so we’re frequently told. Across the globe, but especially in the wealthy economies of the West, the gap between the rich and the rest has widened year after year and become a chasm, spreading anxiety, stoking resentment, and roiling politics. It …
An Indigenous community in Indonesia has requested an internet blackout in their area to minimize the “negative impact” of the online world, officials said Friday. The Baduy, a community of 26,000 people in Banten province on Java island, divide themselves into an outer group that partly adopts technology, and a sacred inner group that shuns …
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday against an anti-abortion group whose members have been arrested for blocking access to health care clinics in New York and other states. The group, Red Rose Rescue, “has made it their mission to terrorize reproductive health care providers and the patients …
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state Republican convention gets underway Friday with Donald Trump still expected on Saturday, even as a right-wing party faction seeks to punish GOP officials it considers ideological traitors by banning them from future primary election ballots. Trump could feed an air of vengeance after announcing Thursday that he’s been indicted on charges of …
Texas has become the latest state to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth. On Friday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the legislation, which says doctors cannot prescribe youth hormones or puberty blockers and cannot perform gender-affirming surgery on minors (something that is already extremely rare). It also says that any youth currently receiving such …